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Different people observed the same problem at the same time, and came to similar conclusions about how to solve it.

• sophrosyne42 7mo ago
  We should not give these human rights violations the dignity of being called "solutions", especially as they are anything but.
  • pocksuppet 7mo ago
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    • alpaca128 7mo ago
      That is a very dishonest way of framing these laws. Parental control does not need violating the privacy of every computer user. Also sharing the user's personal information does not prevent gambling or protect children, it does the opposite.
      • pocksuppet 7mo ago
        These laws don't violate the privacy of every computer user. They say that a parent shall be able to mark a child's account as being under 18, and apps shall respect that.
        • alpaca128 7mo ago
          Assuming apps for which this is relevant respect users and specifically children in this day and age sounds naive. It's another free datapoint to collect, in the best case for targeted ads. Meta seems to be behind a lot of lobbying for this and they're the kind of company who does nonconsensual psychological experiments on their users: https://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2014/06/28/facebook-manipulated-689003-users-emotions-for-science/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2014/06/28/facebook...
          • pocksuppet 7mo ago
            if they don't they'll be fined.
• alpaca128 7mo ago
  Evidence says otherwise: https://web.archive.org/web/20260313125244/https://old.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/1rshc1f/i_traced_2_billion_in_nonprofit_grants_and_45/ https://web.archive.org/web/20260313125244/https://old.reddi...